his duty and contributed greatly to the development of cooperative relations between China and Vietnam. On 11 February 1967, he died at the age 60 due to hypertension in Hanoi. He was honoured posthumously with the Gold Star medal, the most noble medal of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, befitting his long service to the state and people of Vietnam. References External links "The historical prison escape", Nhan Dan newspaper Phú Riềng Đỏ (The Red Earth - Vietnamese Memoir of Life on a Colonial Rubber Plantation, Memoire of general Tran Tu Binh (1965), translated into English and published by Ohio University Press, 1985 "August Revolution: an inevitable path leading to the Nation-State" "General, diplomat Tran Tu Binh gets posthumous Gold Star", Vietnamnews 1907 births 1967 deaths Generals of the People's Army of Vietnam Ambassadors of Vietnam to China Ambassadors of Vietnam to Mongolia Recipients of the Order of Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese Roman Catholics Members of the 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam